Peninsula – March 2010
• Historic Sendoff for Bradley at Alpine Hills • The Farm’s Klahn/Thatcher No. 1 in Preseason • Stanford’s Plans For ‘11 NCAA Championships • Pearson’s Plea: No Contest
View ArticleBeyond the Bay – March 2010
• Wolverine (Tennis) Avoids Extinction at Sierra • Hard Work is What It’s All About at Maggio Academy
View ArticleLaughter, Lobs On Display at Esurance Classic
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Lindsay Davenport unapologetically drilled Justin Gimelstob with a ball that left a red mark on his stomach. The three-time Slam champ went so far as to cross the net and...
View ArticleTop 10 of ’10: NorCal, SoCal, Atlanta
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 HAPPY 40TH!: The Bank of the West Classic celebrates its 40th anniversary at Stanford by honoring four decades of champions, including tournament co-founder Billie Jean King....
View ArticleCollege Spotlight: Q&A With Paul Torricelli
Paul Torricelli spent a quarter century at Northwestern, where he guided the Wildcats to a 343-257 mark between ’84 and ‘07, including a pair of undefeated Big Ten campaigns and a coveted conference...
View ArticleFinal 2010 USTA Northern California NTRP Rankings
Women’s 2.5 Singles 1 Rachael Courtney Awbry San Francisco 2 Tiffani L. Depner Gold River 3 Staci Michelle Saladino Citrus Heights 4 Terese McNamee Los Altos 5 Mercedes Fritz...
View ArticleKendrick to Appeal Doping Suspension
Robert Kendrick, the Fresno native who was banned from the ATP Tour for a year after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine at Roland Garros, says he plans to appeal the 12-month...
View ArticleSmall Revolution: Dissly Delivering Whole New Game
Todd Dissly has been fielding the same question over and over since he began teaching a scaled-down brand of tennis more than a than a decade ago. “The one we always get is, ‘When is my kid going to...
View ArticleMotevassel Edges Tarango at 40s Nationals
A year can sometimes make all the difference between victory and defeat and that was certainly the case on Nov. 4 at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. In a singles final featuring two former touring...
View ArticleVickery, Rubin Capture Year’s First ITF Jr. Titles
Sachia Vickery of Miramar, Fla., and Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y., started 2012 in fine fashion on Jan. 8, capturing the year’s first singles titles on the ITF World Junior Circuit, winning...
View ArticleThe One and Only John McEnroe
By Bill Simons Everybody knows that, this side of Indian Wells, California tennis is hurting. Among tennis zealots it’s best not mention San Jose’s SAP Open, L.A’s Farmers Classic, San Diego’s WTA...
View ArticleStanford’s New Hire: All That Was Gould’s is Now Goldstein’s
By Bill Simons It was the greatest dynasty in the history of college tennis. Maybe one of the greatest legacies in all of college sports. But, for whatever reasons, the glimmering legacy left by...
View ArticleSerena Speaks: Williams Holds Forth on Wimbledon and Bouncing Back
Today at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Serena Williams gave her first interview since her much-discussed appearance at Wimbledon this year, where—having lost in the third round of...
View ArticleWinning Shots: Venus and Serena at the Bank of the West Classic
The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running event on the WTA tour, and Venus and Serena Williams have a long and strong connection to the tournament—in fact, this year marks the 20th...
View ArticleShe’s Back: Strong and Solid Serena Wins Third Bank of the West Title
Was this the best Bank of the West Classic ever? Maybe so. The tennis world was waiting to see how Serena Williams would recover after Wimbledon—was she okay? Sister Venus Williams, at 34, seemed to...
View ArticleUS Open: A Star is Born—CiCi Bellis, See What You Have Done
By Bill Simons It’s a cliché: “A star is born,” exalt the dream makers. There’s the ice maiden Chrissie, flawless and American as apple pie. There’s bounding Boris, a blond Euro kid like no other....
View ArticleThe Man Who Bowed in the Wrong Direction: Wild and Wonderful Whitney Reed,...
In Inside Tennis’ 2005 cover story on the 40 zaniest, most intriguing figures in tennis, the singular Ilie Nastase was our number one. After all, the man nicknamed Nasty—who once told Arthur Ashe...
View ArticleRiffce Rules: From Johnson Ranch Racquet Club to Two Huge Junior Wins
By John Huston The first junior player since Grigor Dimitrov to win the Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl back to back, Sam Riffice got his start on the courts of Spare Time’s Johnson Ranch Racquet Club in...
View ArticleBank of the West Classic: Kimiko Date-Krumm—So Old She Played Noah?
By Bill Simons STANFORD—Last year, when China’s vastly popular Li Na retired, some feared we wouldn’t be hearing much about top-flight Asian women players for awhile. But, not to worry—the unsinkable...
View ArticleBank of the West Classic: Kerber’s Quiet Storm Subdues Pliskova’s Lightning
By Bill Simons STANFORD—Lightning always seems to strike at the Bank of the West Classic. Sometimes not just twice but even three times, as in Serena‘s trio of wins over the last five years. Other...
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